Entity Snap Tracking

Updated

January 31, 2020 15:05

Entity Snap Tracking assists you to draw entities with respect to other entities.

When Entity Snap Tracking is turned on, BricsCAD displays temporary alignments based on entity snap points. Entity Snap Tracking works in combination with Entity Snap tools. At least one Entity Snap mode must be on if you want to use Entity Snap Tracking.

Click the STRACK field in the Status bar to enable/disable Entity Snap Tracking .

Entity Snap Tracking alignments are parallel to the X- and Y-axis of the current UCS by default.

Alignment points are acquired when you hover over a point, using entity snaps. Acquired points display a small plus sign (+). To remove an acquired point, hover over the point again. The small plus sign (+) is then removed. If the Polar mode > 0x0008 is checked, you must press and hold the Shift key to acquire entity tracking points. Alignments relative to an acquired point are displayed as you move the cursor over their tracking paths. You can then define points either on the alignments or at the intersection of two alignments.

Esnap track markers: to distinguish between regular esnap markers and markers drawn together with related snap tracking lines, esnap track markers display in the color of the tracking lines.

Hitting the Shift key when a tracking line displays, locks the tracking line. Locked tracking lines display in red (1). Entity snaps (2) or specified points are projected perpendicularly onto the tracking line (3). Hit the Shift key again to unlock a tracking line.

More options with locked tracking lines are:

If the Intersection entity snap is active, it is possible to snap to the intersections of a locked tracking line and entities in the drawing.

Acquire additional tracking lines and snap to the locations where these intersect with the locked tracking line.

Using Entity Snap Tracking

Launch a drawing tool, e.g. Draw Line .

Hover the cursor over the first tracking point (1). A small plus sign (+) displays to indicate the tracking point is active.

Hover the cursor over the second tracking point (2) A small plus sign (+) displays to indicate the tracking point is active.

Move the cursor close to position 4.

Tracking lines display from both tracking points (3).

A cross marker (X) indicates the intersection of the tracking lines.

Snap markers display at the tracking points.

An Entity Snap Tracking tooltip at the intersection of the tracking lines shows the angles and distances from the tracking points.